Research Article

Periductal Mastitis: An Inflammatory Disease Related to Bacterial Infection and Consequent Immune Responses?

Table 5

Multiple bacteria could be detected in PDM patients.

Bacteria (%) ()

Mixture of different bacteria12 (38.71)
Pseudomonas
Pseudomonas aeruginosa5 (16.13)
Uncultivated Pseudomonas2 (6.45)
Pseudomonas delhiensis1 (3.23)
Pseudomonas otitidis1 (3.23)
Enterococcus faecium2 (6.45)
Corynebacterium kroppenstedtii1 (3.23)
Bacillus firmus1 (3.23)
Sporosarcina1 (3.23)
Staphylococcus aureus1 (3.23)
Uncultured bacterium clone4 (12.90)